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The Academy of Music was constructed in 1884 with the largest stage in the southeastern United States and seating for 2,418, almost one-fifth of Macon's population at the time. [4] The building was renovated in 1905; the present seven-story facade was added and the building reopened as the Grand Opera House. [4]
Located nearly across the street from Macon's historic City Hall, the auditorium is designed in a similar Classical style, surrounded on three sides by limestone Doric columns. [ citation needed ] The building is capped by a copper dome , claimed by many locals to be the largest in the world, though verifying the fact has proved difficult.
The Grand Ole Opry is a country music concert and radio show, held between twice and five times per week, in Nashville, Tennessee. The show began as a radio barn dance on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay and has since become one of the genre's most enduring and revered stages. Each performance consists of multiple guest artists as well as ...
The annual Skydog 77 festival is Sunday and the Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra performs Monday but first, there’s Friday’s Marshall Tucker Band and Wet Willie show at Macon City Auditorium.
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W.R. Gunn was a prominent architect of theaters in the American South. His work includes the Hawkinsville Opera House.He also designed the Grand Opera House (Macon, Georgia) (originally called the Academy of Music) at 651 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia. [1]
The Grand Ole Opry is a regular live country-music radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the time of year. It was founded on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay as the WSM Barn Dance , taking its current name in 1927.
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